EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
   
    We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Selected
Historical Financial Information of OrNda" and "Experts" and to the use of our
report dated October 25, 1996 with respect to the financial statements of OrNda
HealthCorp, in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3, No.
333-17907) and related Prospectus of Tenet Healthcare Corporation for the
registration of $200,000,000 Senior Notes due 2003, $600,000,000 Senior Notes
due 2005 and $500,000,000 Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007.
    
 
                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
   
Nashville, Tennessee
January 13, 1997